Congratulations on your recent success! I have also noticed the overwhelming presence of bots, and followers, who are not real people either (who follows 100k+ accounts?). Same as you, I also chose to build my "audience"/community naturally. It is a very slow process for me, but I'm not here for money anyways and hopefully, this turns out to be the right blogging and community platform for me.
Yes! I think doing your own thing is the best way to find people that will be long lasting relationships and also people who value what you are bringing to the platform. I also should have added Consistency is key ❤️
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